Jojo Rabbit. 2019 Written and Directed by Taika Waititi Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Taika Waititi, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Rebel Wilson, Alfie Allen, Archie Yates, Luke Brandon Field, Sam Haygarth, and Stephen Merchant SYNOPSIS: A young boy in Hitler’s army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. It’s […]
2019 BFI London Film Festival Review – Jojo Rabbit
Jojo Rabbit, 2019. Directed by Taika Waititi. Starring Roman Griffin Davis, Thomasin McKenzie, Scarlett Johansson, Sam Rockwell, Alfie Allen, Rebel Wilson, Stephen Merchant, Archie Yates, and Taika Waititi. SYNOPSIS: Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis) is an enthusiastic member of Hitler’s army, so-much-so that his imaginary best friend is a manifestation of the Nazi leader (Taika Waititi). […]
John Wick with film critic Sarah Cartland | The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #52
On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite film. This week, film critic Sarah Cartland reveals her love for Keanu Reeves actioner John Wick… On this week’s episode of The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, film critic Sarah Cartland discusses the 2014 action thriller […]
Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit gets a new trailer
Ahead of its London Film Festival screening and US release next month, a new trailer has been released for writer-director Taika Waititi’s upcoming WII satire Jojo Rabbit which follows the story of a young German boy (Roman Griffin) and his imaginary friend Adolf Hitler (Waititi). The film features a cast that also includes Scarlett Johansson, […]
Taika Waititi is Adolf Hitler in first trailer for Jojo Rabbit
Ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this September, the first trailer and a poster have been released for Taika Waititi’s (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) WWII satire Jojo Rabbit which stars Roman Griffin Davis as a young German boy whose only ally is his imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler (Waititi). […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 4 Review – ‘The Last of the Starks’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the fourth episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* The Great War might be over, but the Last War is coming. The fight for the Throne waits for no one this week as we very briefly see a sombre scene after Winterfell has recovered from the battle with the Night King. […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: What’s in Store for Episode 4?
Eammon Jacobs looks at what the fourth episode might hold after ‘The Long Night’… The third episode of season 8 finally brought the war against the Night King and the White Walkers to Winterfell’s door – it has literally all been leading up to this. Although it’s tied up rather nicely after the feature length […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 Review – ‘The Long Night’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the third episode of Game of Thrones season 8… *Spoiler Warning* Valar morghulis, all men must die. And the third episode really did prove the iconic phrase as the threat of the White Walkers and the Night King overwhelm Winterfell. As it starts, Sam is basically the audience’s viewpoint; nervous and pacing […]
Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Review – ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’
Eammon Jacobs reviews the second episode of Game of Thrones season 8… After Game of Thrones‘ premiere episode reunited a sprawling list of characters to Winterfell to prepare for war, it was always going to be interesting to see how all these different character dynamics would work in a highly stressful situation. The threat of […]
Game of Thrones Season 8: What’s in Store for Episode 2?
Eammon Jacobs looks at what the second episode might hold after the revelations dropped in the season 8 premiere… Game of Thrones has finally returned to our screens and the premiere episode finally reunited many characters who’ve been dealing with their own problems all across Westeros. From the Stark siblings all the way to the […]